Monitoring
The latest Monitoring coverage — news, analysis, and updates from the WindowsNews.AI desk.
How to Check CPU Temperature on Windows 11: Complete Guide 2024
Monitoring your CPU temperature in Windows 11 is crucial for maintaining system health, preventing thermal throttling, and ensuring optimal performance, yet Microsoft doesn't include built-in...
WMIC Axed in Windows 11 25H2: A Complete Migration Roadmap for IT Pros
Microsoft is yanking the rug out from under a decades-old administrative staple: the Windows Management Instrumentation Command-line (WMIC) utility is vanishing from default images in Windows 11...
Microsoft Unveils Azure Service Groups Preview: Cross-Subscription Observability Without Governance Overhead
Microsoft has rolled out Azure Service Groups in public preview, introducing a tenant-level abstraction that lets organizations create flexible, cross-subscription groupings of resources for...
Copilot Studio Now Intercepts Agent Actions for Real-Time Security Vetoes
Microsoft has shifted the security model for its Copilot Studio from passive guardrails to active, inline enforcement. Organizations can now route an AI agent’s planned actions—including prompts,...
Copilot Studio Now Lets Security Teams Block Agent Actions in Under One Second
Microsoft has handed enterprise defenders a powerful new capability: the ability to inspect and veto every planned action of an autonomous AI agent before execution, all within a single second....
Microsoft: Azure Latency Surge as Red Sea Cables Cut, Traffic Rerouted
On September 6, 2025, Microsoft issued a service health advisory warning Azure customers that multiple undersea fiber-optic cable cuts in the Red Sea are causing increased latency and intermittent...
Wplace 500 Internal Server Error Strikes: What Users Can Do While Servers Recover
Wplace’s canvas went dark for thousands of users this week as the platform’s servers buckled under load, serving up the dreaded HTTP 500 Internal Server Error. The collaborative art platform,...
Microsoft’s Agent Factory: 5 Observability Practices Every Enterprise AI Team Must Adopt
Microsoft’s Agent Factory series has turned its focus to a make-or-break element of enterprise AI: observability. In the third installment, published this month, the company argues that without...
Exchange Online's New Message Trace Hits GA, Legacy Tools Deprecated September 2025
Microsoft has moved the overhauled Message Trace experience in Exchange Online to general availability, bringing a faster UI, new PowerShell cmdlets, and a firm September 1, 2025 deadline for the...
Windows 11 KB5063878 Triggers SSD Disappearances, Data Loss Risk
Microsoft's August 12, 2025 cumulative update for Windows 11 24H2 (KB5063878, build 26100.4946) has triggered a wave of community reports and independent test results pointing to a serious storage...
KB5063880: Microsoft Fortifies Server 2022 Netlogon, Raises Red Flag on June 2026 Secure Boot Expiry
Microsoft’s August 12, 2025 cumulative update for Windows Server 2022 doesn’t just patch bugs—it closes a quartet of remotely exploitable denial-of-service flaws in the Netlogon protocol and...
Microsoft Unveils Copilot Studio Consumption Meter: $0.01/Message, Graph Grounding at 30 Messages, and Mandatory DLP Updates
Starting January 2025, Microsoft flipped the switch on a consumption-based billing model for Copilot Studio agents, charging $0.01 per message while weighting different actions dramatically—up to...